12.11.2021

A round table "State and prospects for the development of digital solutions in the school education system" was held

NEWS

On November 11, 2021, a round table "State and prospects for the development of digital solutions in the school education system of the Kyrgyz Republic" was held as part of the project "Quality education for sustainable development through ICT approaches in Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan", implemented by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic in partnership with Agency for Quality Assurance in Education "EdNet" with the support of UNESCO Almaty and funding from the Government of Estonia.

The Minister of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic, B. Kupeshev, made a welcoming speech, in which he noted the important role of digitalization in schools and the education system, thanked all partners who have made great efforts over the past years, and especially during the pandemic, so that the children of the Kyrgyz Republic could study remotely. Also, welcoming remarks were made by: Director of the UNESCO Cluster Bureau for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Christa Pikat, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Tajikistan, Republic of Turkmenistan, Thomas Thiers, who connected online.

The round table was attended by international experts from Estonia, representatives of international organizations, the private sector and school principals with experience in the development and implementation of digital solutions in education management.

The main purpose of the round table was to collect and summarize experience, examples and plans for the development of IT solutions for the national school education system in order to jointly plan and coordinate joint actions to finance and develop domestic IT products for use by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic and schools throughout the country.In addition, IT experts from Estonia were specially invited to present their country's experience.

Based on the results of the round table, elements for the development of digital educational products that require special attention were identified, and further steps and directions for coordinating actions for the digitalization of the education system were formed.